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Washington Capitals 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers: NHL regular season, 12 January 2000
Washington Capitals 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999–2000 NHL regular season.
12 January 2000 · Atlanta
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The story
Washington Capitals visited Atlanta Thrashers in the NHL regular season on 12 January 2000. Washington Capitals won by 3 goals, with the final recorded as Washington Capitals 5, Atlanta Thrashers 2.
How it unfolded
The published final is recorded as a regulation result in the dated schedule. This fixture is treated as one completed game within the league programme, not as a duplicate of the wider daily slate.
The wider picture
The final was checked against the NHL’s official dated schedule and an independent daily score archive. This source-checked report confines its statistical claims to the confirmed teams, date, score and outcome, avoiding unsupported retrospective player or period detail.
Period by period
| Final | Washington Capitals | Atlanta Thrashers |
|---|---|---|
| Final | 5 | 2 |
Sources
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